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Epic Movie (2007)

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Reviews Counted:14

Fresh:1

Rotten:13

Average Rating:2.7/10

Consensus: A crude comedy with nothing new or insightful to say about the subjects it satirizes.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for crude and sexual humor, language and some comic violence.

Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:2007

Box Office: $39,666,075

Synopsis: From Jason Friedberg and Aaron Setzer (DATE MOVIE, SCARY MOVIE) comes this everything-in-the-kitchen-sink, blender-set-to-grind comedy, which pokes fun at big crowd-pleasers like WILLIE WONKA AND... From Jason Friedberg and Aaron Setzer (DATE MOVIE, SCARY MOVIE) comes this everything-in-the-kitchen-sink, blender-set-to-grind comedy, which pokes fun at big crowd-pleasers like WILLIE WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, SNAKES ON A PLANE, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, X-MEN, NACHO LIBRE, and THE DA VINCI CODE, among others. The loose plot involves a gang of teen orphans (including Jayma Mays and Faune A. Chambers) whose trip inside Wonka's candy factory leads them to a Narnia-style wardrobe adventure. Jennifer Coolidge is the evil White Bitch they have to tangle with in this new land, and Fred Willard plays Aslo, the lion. Scene-stealing Crispin Glover plays the Wonka-be, David Carradine breakdances, and the vivacious Carmen Elektra morphs enticingly in X-MEN-style blue body paint. A bevy of eerie look-alikes pose as Paris Hilton, Anna Paquin, Samuel Jackson, and P Diddy, among others. Of course there's raunch a-plenty with humor both scatological and shot-to-the-crotch-ish, to keep the MTV generation of all ages amused. The jokes come so fast that no one need worry if a gag here falls flat: another one is right behind to jump on its back. Best of all, the directors keep a tight ship on the bad language, as befits the PG-13 rating. [More]

Starring: Kal Penn, Adam Campbell, Jennifer Coolidge, Fred Willard

Starring: Kal Penn, Adam Campbell, Jennifer Coolidge, Fred Willard, Jim Piddock, Jayma Mays, Faune A. Chambers, Crispin Glover, Carmen Electra, David Carradine, Kevin McDonald, George Alvarez

Director: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer

Director: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Screenwriter: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Producer: Paul Schiff
Composer: Ed Shearmur
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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Despite all the scatological high jinks on display, most of the satire is affectionate rather than merciless.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment 56 Comments
01/31/07
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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The makers of Epic Movie have just discovered the existence of urine, vomit and pimples, and declared them hilarious.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment 1 Comment
01/30/07
Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith
New York Post
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How can you make fun of such self-aware subjects as Borat or Johnny Depp's winkingly fey Jack Sparrow? Who hasn't already noticed Tom Hanks' bad Da Vinci Code hair? And really, is there anything left to say about Samuel L. Jackson and those snakes?

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
01/30/07
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
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The film never becomes anything of its own, however; it merely jumps from spoof to spoof, often with tenuous transitions.

Full Review Source: Associated Press | comment Comment
01/30/07
Jake Coyle
Jake Coyle
Associated Press
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You know a movie parody is in trouble when you can't quite figure out the frame of reference for the parody.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
01/30/07
Peter Howell
Peter Howell
Toronto Star
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The real problem with Epic Movie is that while it does a decent job imitating films, it never bothers to make fun of or have fun with them.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
01/30/07
Alex Chun
Alex Chun
Los Angeles Times
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The cinematic equivalent of a tapeworm, this delivers few laughs beyond the initial chuckles of recognition.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
01/30/07
J. R. Jones
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
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What you miss most is the shamelessness and wit that Anna Faris and Regina Hall have brought to four installments of Scary Movie. In lieu of those two, there are exploding pimples, a tongue frozen on a pole, and industrial-strength projectile.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
01/30/07
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer must be stopped. For the last 10 years, this filmmaking team has created a series of spoof movies so feeble, shoddy and unfunny that they may be part of a diabolical, Manchurian Candidate-like plot.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
01/30/07
Jason Anderson
Jason Anderson
Globe and Mail
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Writer-directors Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer seem to think a half-baked imitation of the original constitutes instant comic gold.

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01/30/07
Michael Rechtshaffen
Michael Rechtshaffen
Hollywood Reporter
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Satire points up and emphasizes truths that have gone unnoticed, punctures pretension and tweaks the self-important. Audiences laugh at the unexpected revelation of truth. Epic Movie does none of that.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
01/30/07
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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Thankfully, the crude, scatological parody Epic Movie, unlike the movies it sends up, is short.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
01/27/07
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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Bad taste and worse jokes abound. Epic Movie's humor isn't tired; it's comatose.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
01/27/07
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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Extravagantly [expends] elaborate sets, special-effects, music, costumes and actor look-alikes for the sake of a few lame gags and a legion of crotch-kicks.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
01/27/07
Ronnie Scheib
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Variety
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